Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise Of Baden)
PRINCESS LOUISE OF BADEN (13/24 January 1779 – 4 May/16 May 1826)
was, later known as ELIZABETH ALEXEIEVNA (Russian : Елизавета
Алексеевна),
EmpressEmpress of Russia during her marriage with
Emperor Alexander I . Born Princess Louise of Baden, she was a daughter of Charles Louis,
Hereditary Prince of
BadenBaden , and his wife, Landgravine Amalie of
Hesse-Darmstadt . She grew up in a close, warm family environment in
KarlsruheKarlsruhe during the long reign of her grandfather Charles Frederick,
Margrave of
BadenBaden . Princess Louise came to Russia in November 1792, when she was chosen
by
EmpressEmpressCatherine II of RussiaCatherine II of Russia as a bride for her eldest grandson,
Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich of Russia, the future Tsar Alexander I
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Cupid
In classical mythology , CUPID (Latin CUPīDō , meaning "desire")
is the god of desire, erotic love , attraction and affection. He is
often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god
Mars . He is also known in Latin as Amor ("Love"). His Greek
counterpart is
ErosEros . Although
ErosEros is generally portrayed as a slender winged youth in
Classical Greek art , during the
Hellenistic periodHellenistic period , he was
increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his
iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of
power: a person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid's arrow is
filled with uncontrollable desire. In myths,
CupidCupid is a minor
character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion
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Jean-Laurent Mosnier
JEAN-LAURENT MOSNIER (French: ; (
ParisParis ) 1743 – (Saint Petersburg
) 10 April 1808) was a French painter and miniaturist. Court painter under the Ancien Régime, Mosnier began, from 1789, a
brilliant career as society painter in London, Hamburg and St.
Petersburg. Many times academician, he left considerable work and high
quality, both in miniature painting.
Self-Portrait with Two PupilsSelf-Portrait with Two Pupils is thought to have been the basis for
Jean-Laurent Mosnier's painting of himself with his young daughters.
It is thought that his ambition was to clone the success of Adélaïde
Labille-Guiard 's painting. WORKS* Elisabeth Hudtwalcker, née Moller, Wife of Senator Martin
Hudtwalcker, 1798,
Hamburger Kunsthalle REFERENCES * ^ Laura Auricchio (2009). Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: Artist in
the Age of Revolution. Getty Publications. pp. 40–. ISBN
978-0-89236-954-6
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Eros And Psyche
CUPID AND PSYCHE is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also
called
The Golden Ass ), written in the 2nd Century AD by Lucius
ApuleiusApuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). It concerns the overcoming of
obstacles to the love between Psyche (/ˈsaɪkiː/ , Greek : Ψυχή
, "Soul" or "Breath of Life") and
CupidCupid (Latin Cupido, "Desire") or
Amor ("Love", Greek
ErosEros ’′Ερως), and their ultimate union in
a sacred marriage . Although the only extended narrative from
antiquity is that of Apuleius,
ErosEros and Psyche appear in Greek art as
early as the 4th century BC. The story's
NeoplatonicNeoplatonic elements and
allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations,
and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale ,
Märchen or fairy tale , and myth
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Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
ÉLISABETH LOUISE VIGéE LE BRUN (Marie Élisabeth Louise; 16 April
1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as MADAME LEBRUN, was a prominent
French painter . Her artistic style is generally considered part of the aftermath of
RococoRococo , while she often adopted a neoclassical style. Vigée Le Brun
cannot be considered a pure
RococoRococo or Neoclassical painter. Her
subject matter and color palette can be classified as Rococo, however,
her style is aligned with the emergence of Neoclassicism. Vigée Le
Brun created a name for herself in
Ancien RégimeAncien Régime society by serving
as the portrait painter to
Marie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette . Vigée Le Brun left a legacy of 660 portraits and 200 landscapes
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Nicholas I Of Russia
NICHOLAS I (Russian : Николай I Павлович, tr. Nikolay
I Pavlovich; 6 July 1796 – 2 March 1855) was the
EmperorEmperor of Russia
from 1825 until 1855. He was also the
King of PolandKing of Poland and Grand Duke of
FinlandFinland . He is best known as a political conservative whose reign was
marked by geographical expansion, repression of dissent, economic
stagnation, poor administrative policies, a corrupt bureaucracy, and
frequent wars that culminated in Russia's defeat in the
Crimean WarCrimean War of
1853–56. His biographer
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky says that Nicholas
displayed determination, singleness of purpose, and an iron will,
along with a powerful sense of duty and a dedication to very hard
work. He saw himself as a soldier—a junior officer totally consumed
by spit and polish. A handsome man, he was highly nervous and
aggressive
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Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich Of Russia
KONSTANTIN PAVLOVICH (Russian : Константи́н
Па́влович; 27 April 1779 – 27 June 1831) was a grand duke
of Russia and the second son of
EmperorEmperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of
Württemberg . He was the
Tsesarevich of Russia throughout the reign
of his elder brother Alexander I , but had secretly renounced his
claim to the throne in 1823. For 25 days after the death of Alexander
I, from 19 November (O.S.)/1 December 1825 to 14 December (O.S.)/26
December 1825 he was known as His Imperial Majesty Konstantin I
EmperorEmperor and Sovereign of Russia, although he never reigned and never
acceded to the throne. His younger brother Nicholas became Tsar in
1825. The succession controversy became the pretext of the Decembrist
revolt
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